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‘ even as a grain of wheat sown in the earth shoots forth many ears of corn, not receiving through them any loss to itself, but being present by its power in all the grains of every ear; for out of it they all shot forth: so also the Lord died, and opening the recesses of the earth, brought up with Himself the souls of men’ – St Cyril of Alexandria #coptic #grainofwheat #orthodoxy #churchfathers

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“Do you see how great His earnestness that the bond should be done away? To wit, we all were under sin and punishment. He Himself, through suffering punishment, did away with both the sin and the punishment, and He was punished on the Cross. To the Cross then He affixed it; as having power, He tore it asunder. What bond? He means either that which they said to Moses, namely, All that God has said will we do, and be obedient (Exodus 24:3), or, if not that, this, that we owe to God obedience; or if not this, he means that the devil held possession of it, the bond which God made for Adam, saying, In the day you eat of the tree, you shall die (Genesis 2:17) This bond then the devil held in his possession. And Christ did not give it to us, but Himself tore it in two, the action of one who remits joyfully.” – St John Chrysostom #PaidInFull #NailedToTheCross #WipedRecord #FreelyFullyForgiven #Forgiven #FeastOfTheCross #Coptic #Orthodox #DailyReadings #ChurchFathers

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“Endurance produces character, which contributes in some measure to the things which are to come because it gives power to the hope which is within us. Nothing encourages a man to hope for blessing more than the strength of a good character. No one who has led a good life worries about the future…. Does our good really lie in hope? Yes, but not in human hopes, which often vanish and leave only embarrassment behind. Our hope is in God and is therefore sure and immovable.” – St John Chrysostom #Perseverance #Endurance #Character Hope #LoveOfGod #HolySpirit #Tribulations #Trials #Hardships #Coptic #Orthodox #DailyReadings #ChurchFathers

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“’Making melody to the Lord’ means paying attention while you are singing. It means not letting your mind drift. Those who in singing do not offer this deep attention to God are merely mouthing psalms, uttering words, while their hearts are preoccupied elsewhere.” -Saint John Chrysostom #Tasbe7a #Tasbeha #Praises #Psalms #Hymns #SingToTheLord #OGiveThanksTotheGodofgods #Coptic #Orthodox #DailyReadings #ChurchFathers

“’Making melody to the Lord’ means paying attention while you are singing. It means not letting your mind drift. Those …

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“Great indeed was the faith of Abraham. For while in the case of Abel, and of Noah, and of Enoch, there was an opposition of reasonings only, and it was necessary to go beyond human reasonings; in this case it was necessary not only to go beyond human reasonings, but to manifest also something more. For what was of God seemed to be opposed to what was of God; and faith opposed faith, and command promise.” – Saint John Chrysostom #Faith #TrustGod #TestOfFaith #LordHaveMercy #Coptic #Orthodox #DailyReadings #ChurchFathers

“Great indeed was the faith of Abraham. For while in the case of Abel, and of Noah, and of Enoch, …

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